Everybody makes mistakes, but some mistakes are more serious than others – and when you’re running one of the best streaming services, mistakes such as missing episodes, terrible translations and incorrect titles can be a real problem for your subscribers. According to leaked internal documents seen by Business Insider (via Quartz), some of the errors in … Read more
Inspired by the nutrition-facts labels that have been displayed on US food packaging since the 1990s, John Willinsky wants to see academic publishing take a similar approach to help to inform readers on how strictly a paper meets scholarly standards. A team at the Public Knowledge Project, a non-profit organization run by Willinsky and his … Read more
Apple is intensifying its global investment in clean energy and water sustainability, advancing towards its “Apple 2030” goal of achieving carbon neutrality across its entire value chain by the decade’s end, the company has announced. “Clean energy and water are foundational to healthy communities and essential building blocks for a responsible business,” said Lisa Jackson, … Read more
TVs might have gotten much less bulky in recent years, but most are still just big black screens. If you’ve been holding out for something a bit prettier, check out Amazon’s sale on Samsung’s QLED 4K The Frame LS03B Series. Most of the sizes are down to record lows, but the 75-inch model has the … Read more
As many of you probably found out earlier today, Samsung released a new mobile app that helps newcomers to the Gaming Hub platform on Samsung TVs get into cloud gaming. And I think it’s a great idea and something that Gaming Hub was missing. Think about it. One of the best qualities of Gaming Hub … Read more
One of Microsoft’s top brass who headed up the design team for Surface devices (and Xbox, plus Phones) has departed the company after a lengthy term of service. Ralf Groene, who was Head of Industrial Design, Microsoft Devices, for the best part of a decade, has been at Microsoft for 17 years in total. As … Read more
The global plastics treaty being negotiated this month in Ottawa epitomizes how people’s relationship with these valuable yet problematic materials is changing for the better. If it can be agreed on this year — as I hope it will — this treaty could end plastic pollution and lead to healthier societies. It could reduce the … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is “looking at” potential manufacturing opportunities in Indonesia following his recent meeting with the country’s president. Tim Cook with Indonesian ministers (photo: AP Photo) During the meeting with Joko Widodo, Cook highlighted the mutual interest in boosting local manufacturing to support Indonesia’s economic growth. “We talked about the … Read more
When the PlayStation 5 originally came out, players were not able to expand the console’s storage — until a software update finally unlocked that feature. While some were served well by the device’s built-in 667GB of space for storing games, others (like my son) were forced to perform a near-daily juggling act that involved frequently … Read more
Samsung launched a new Virtual Gamepad mobile app some weeks ago. If you never heard of it, you’re probably not alone. Unless you own a Samsung smart TV and often use it with SmartThings on your phone, chances are this new app flew under your radar. Samsung didn’t make any official announcements for this app. … Read more